parangolé

noun

The verdict

“parangolé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,054 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,054
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conversa fiada

Corpus desk

Index PT-parangole · parangolé · Portuguese

parangolé · rank #69,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,054
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH palpitação

Nearest frequency peer: palpitação (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “parangolé”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “parangolé” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parangolé
PropertyValue
Headwordparangolé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “parangolé” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.parangolécai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “palpitação” (#69,052), “pavimentar” (#69,059), “penar” (#69,062). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “parangolé” fica em #69,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parangolé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,054 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parangolé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is parangolé, spelled P-A-R-A-N-G-O-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    conversa fiada
  2. 2
    mistura de manto aristocrático com capa de mendigo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how parangolé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Da África, o escritor traz a indumentária com que fixará sua imagem até o fim: um parangolé beatnik, jaqueta jeans recosturada que usa como fraldão em torno do corpo.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parangolé"?
"parangolé" is spelled P-A-R-A-N-G-O-L-É.
What does "parangolé" mean?
As a noun, "parangolé" means: conversa fiada
What language does "parangolé" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parangolé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list